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name: frontend-design-review\ndescription: >\nReview and create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality and design system compliance.\nEvaluates using three pillars: frictionless insight-to-action, quality craft, and trustworthy building.\nUSE FOR: PR reviews, design reviews, accessibility audits, design system compliance checks, creative frontend design,\nUI code review, component reviews, responsive design checks, theme testing, and creating memorable UI.\nDO NOT USE FOR: Backend API reviews, database schema reviews, infrastructure or DevOps work, pure business logic\nwithout UI, or non-frontend code.\nacknowledgments: |\nDesign review principles and quality pillar framework created by @Quirinevwm (https://github.com/Quirinevwm).\nCreative frontend guidance inspired by Anthropic's frontend-design skill\n(https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/frontend-design). Licensed under respective terms.

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Frontend Design Review

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Review UI implementations against design quality standards and your design system OR create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces from scratch.

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Two Modes

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Mode 1: Design Review

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Evaluate existing UI for design system compliance, three quality pillars (Frictionless, Quality Craft, Trustworthy), accessibility, and code quality.

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Mode 2: Creative Frontend Design

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Create distinctive interfaces that avoid generic \"AI slop\" aesthetics, have clear conceptual direction, and execute with precision.

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Creative Frontend Design

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Before coding, commit to an aesthetic direction:

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Aesthetics Guidelines

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AVOID: Overused fonts, cliched color schemes, predictable layouts, cookie-cutter design without context-specific character.

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Match implementation complexity to vision. Maximalist = elaborate code. Minimalist = restraint and precision.

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Design Review

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Design System Workflow

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Before implementing:

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  1. Review component in your Storybook / component library for API and usage
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  2. Use Figma Dev Mode to get exact specs (spacing, tokens, properties)
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  3. Implement using design system components + design tokens
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During review:

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  1. Compare implementation to Figma design
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  2. Verify design tokens are used (not hardcoded values)
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  3. Check all variants/states are implemented correctly
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  4. Flag deviations (needs design approval)
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If component doesn't exist:

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  1. Check if existing component can be adapted
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  2. Reach out to design for new component creation
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  3. Document exception and rationale in code
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Review Process

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  1. Identify user task
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  2. Check design system for matching patterns
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  3. Evaluate aesthetic direction
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  4. Identify scope (component, feature, or flow)
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  5. Evaluate each pillar
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  6. Score and prioritize issues (blocking/major/minor)
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  7. Provide recommendations with design system examples
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Core Principles

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Quality Pillars

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1. Frictionless Insight to Action

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Evaluate: Task completable in ≤3 interactions? Primary action obvious and singular?

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Red flags: Excessive clicks, multiple competing primary buttons, buried actions, dead ends.

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2. Quality is Craft

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Evaluate:

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Red flags: Generic AI aesthetics, hardcoded values, implementation doesn't match Figma, broken reflow, missing focus indicators.

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3. Trustworthy Building

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Evaluate:

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Red flags: Missing AI disclaimers, opaque errors without guidance.

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Review Output Format

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See references/review-output-format.md for the full review template.

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Review Type Modifiers

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See references/review-type-modifiers.md for context-specific review focus areas (PR, Creative, Design, Accessibility).

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Quick Checklist

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See references/quick-checklist.md for the pre-approval checklist covering design system compliance, aesthetic quality, frictionless, quality craft, and trustworthy pillars.

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Pattern Examples

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See references/pattern-examples.md for good/bad examples of creative frontend and design system review work.

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Acknowledgments

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Creative frontend principles inspired by Anthropic's frontend-design skill. Design review principles and quality pillar framework created by @Quirinevwm for systematic UI evaluation.

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